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Latest revision as of 11:27, 30 July 2014
Scientific editing — checking the scientific and technical facts.
Copy-editing — making sure that an author's raw text, or copy, is correct in terms of spelling and grammar and it is easy grasp his or her ideas. Copy-editors also check
- suitability of the text for the intended audience
- content and structure
- sentence and paragraph length
- consistency
- illustrations and tables